Is it too early to start looking at the NFL play off picture? Yes! Are we all guilty of doing it anyway? Of course!
South:
I think it’s pretty safe to say the Colts have the South locked up. With potential losses coming from the Pats (which even I don’t think is a loss, but to be fair…), the Ravens, and the Texans, and a tough game against the Broncos that I’m still counting as a narrow win, the worse case for the Colts is to end up 13-3 (12-4 maybe), forcing the Texans to go perfect in order to tie them, but the Texans have games against the Pat and Dolphins to end the season, and one more against a Titans team that looks like its on an up swing. Do I think the Titans will win that game? No, but I do think the Pats and Dolphins will prove too much for this Texans team and will drop them to 10-6 and leave them in second place.
East:
The Pats are looking rather good standing at 6-2 right now. But with losses (I feel) coming against the Colts, Saints, and Dolphins, I think they’ll end up at 11-5. The Dolphins could potentially pull in close as I don’t see them losing again, except they do end the season against the Steelers so I think the best case for them is 10-6. The Jets looked like they had a chance at the start of the season, but with losses coming against the Pats, Falcons, Colts, and Bengals, I think they’ll find themselves in 3rd with a respectable 8-8.
North:
Arguably the toughest division in the NFL this season, I have a tough time saying where it will end. The Ravens are the shocker for me sitting at 4-4 currently. Looking forward, they could potentially win out this season with only one loss coming to the Steelers leaving them at 11-5, but with that being said, the Steelers could also win both of their games, and their games against the Colts, Packers, and Bears could go either way. So I’m saying best case for the Ravens is 11-5, worse case is 7-9. The Bengals and Steelers are ruling that division, and honestly I don’t know where it will honestly end up. The only losses I see the Bengals maybe (key word) getting are this week to the Steelers and one later to the Vikings. But honestly I think the Steelers is much more likely than the Vikings which will leave the Bengals at 13-3. But likewise I only see the Steelers dropping one of their two to the Ravens from this point on which will also put them at 13-3. But with the Bangels getting both of theirs over the Ravens, I guess that would leave them at the top of the division (right?)
West:
This is a closely contested race between the Broncos and the Chargers. The Broncos have finally been brought back down to earth with two back to back heart breaking losses to two really good teams, but looking forward, they have two more losses to the Colts, and Eagles, and a possible loss to the Giants if they get back on track, and that would leave them at 11-5, or 12-4 depending. I expect the Chargers to lose both games to the Broncos and a loss to the Bengals, but other than that there’s only a possible loss to the Cowboys, but that game comes in December and we all know how the Cowboys look in December, so I’m not sure of the outcome of that one. This places the Chargers at either 10-6 or 9-7.
Wild Card:
I expect the wild cards to come out of the North here, plain and simple. The Ravens maybe being 11-5, and the Steelers being 13-3 put them in my AFC wild card match up.
